Five component optical objective



SEARCH 800D Dec. 30, 1969 J, HOOGLAND FIVE COMPONENT OPTICAL OBJECTIVE Filed July 5, 1967 INVENTOR. Jan Hazy/(Md United States Patent O 3,486,810 FIVE COMPONENT OPTICAL OBJECTIVE Jan Hoogland, Wilton, Conn., assignor to The Perkin- Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, Conn., a corporation of New York Filed July 3, 1967, Ser. No. 650,905 Int. Cl. G02b 9/60 US. Cl. 350-217 ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A five component six element optical objective of the modified Gauss type in which the second component is a doublet, and in which the first, fourth and fifth components are positive in power and the second and third components are negative in power.

2 Claims (1) U.S. Patent 2,683,398 ('2) US. Patent 2,896,506 (3) US. Patent 3,049,975

It is an object of this invention to provide a new and improved optical objective of medium to high aperture (i.e. in the range of about F/ 1.5 to F/2.8), that is compact in form, that has large field coverage with very little vignetting and that has good resolution over the whole field.

It is another object of this invention to provide an optical objective that is simple in construction and that is highly corrected for astigmatism and other aberrations and has high relative illumination.

The above and other objects are achieved by constructing an optical objective according to this invention. Basically, the objective is a modified version of the double Gauss type objective and consists of five components. The first, fourth and fifth components (from the front or object side) are single elements of positive power. The second component is a cemented doublet of negative power and the third component is a single element of negative power. In one embodiment the fifth component is double convex shaped and in another embodiment the fifth component is meniscus shaped. In each embodiment the stop is located in the air space between the second and third components and the third component has a high refractive index.

A clearer concept of the scope of the invention along with other advantages and features thereof will be obtained from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is an optical diagram of one embodiment of the invention; and

FIGURE 2 is an optical diagram of another embodiment of the invention.

Referring now to FIGURE 1, there is shown an embodiment of an objective constructed according to this invention. The objective is made up of five components.

The first component (1) (starting from the front or object side of the objective) is meniscus shaped, posi- 3,486,810 Patented Dec. 30, -1 969 tive in power and convex to the front. The first com-. ponent (I) is made up of a single element A. The second component (II) is meniscus shaped, negative in power and convex to the front. The second component (11) is in the form of a cemented doublet consisting of a meniscus shaped positive element B and a meniscus shaped negative element C. The third component (III) is meniscus shaped, negative in power and concave to the front. The third element is made up of a single element D. The stop 21 is located in the air space between the second and third components. The fourth component (IV) is meniscus shaped, positive in power and concave to the front. The fourth component (IV) is made up of a single element E. The fifth component (V) is double convex in shape and positive in power. The fifth component (V) is made up of a single element (F).

The following table shows the constructional data for one example of an optical objective constructed according to the embodiment shown in FIGURE 1. As is well known in the art, the curvature of a surface is equal to the reciprocal of its radius. In the table, the various components are designated by Roman numerals in ascending order from the front to the rear of the objective with the light assumed to come from the front of the objective. The curvatures of the surfaces C to C are marked plus or minus depending on whether the surfaces are convex or concave respectively toward the incoming light.

TABLE I Focal Length=1.0000; Relative Aperture=F/1.5 Total Field of View=56 Front Vertex Distance (F.V.D.) =1.3724 Back Focal Length (B.F.) =.4834 Stop Position is .1400 after 0 Com- Thickness Refractive Abbe ponent Lens Curvature or Spacing Index, N No., v

C =1.4870 I A--." l1=.1300 1.8028 46.8

S1=.( )030 Air C;=2.5267 B..." T2=.1500 1.8028 46.8 II C4=l.1372

S2=.2800 Air Cr=-3.4392 III D Ti=.0400 l. 9176 i 21. 5

Sa=.0030 Air Ci='-.5537 IV Tt=.1s0o 1.8028] 46.8

S4=.0030 Air Cm=.2944 V F- To=.1100 1.8028 46.8

Referring now to FIGURE 2 there is shown another embodiment of an optical ob ective constructed according to this invention.

The first component (1) (starting from the front or object side of the objective) is meniscus shaped, positive in power and convex to the front. The first component (I') is made up of a single element A. The second component (II) is meniscus shaped, negative in power and convex to the front. The second component (11) is in the form of a cemented doublet consisting of a meniscus shaped positive element B and a meniscus shaped negative element C. The third component (III) is meniscus shaped, negative in power and concave to the front. The third component (III) is made up of a single element D. The stop 31 is located in the air space between the second and third components. The fourth component (IV') is meniscus shaped, positive in power and concave to the front. The fourth component (IV') is made up of a single element E. The fifth component (V') is meniscus 3 Y 4 shaped, positive in power and concave to the front. The 2. A five component six element optical objective made fifth component (V) is made up of a single element F. as set forth in the following table:

The following is a table of constructional data for one TABLE H example of an objective constructed according to this Focal Length=l oooo B el ative Ap mum: F I2 8 embodiment. 5 Total Field of View=56 Front Vertex Distance (F.V.D.) 1.2073 TABLE H Back Focal Length (B.F.) =.5913

Stop Position is .1250 After Surface Focal Length=1.0%O0;dRelatIive Apg rture=F/2.8

Front V3215: Digizari c e tl xil J=L2o73 Thi kness Refractive Abb Back Focal Length 1333: 91 l0 ponent Lens Curvature or Spacing Inde Ni No., I! Stop Position is .1250 After Surface C's C'r=2.4269 1 Com- Thickness Refractive Abb I 1=- L620! 603 ponent Lens Curvature or Spacing Index, N No., v C 1= P 0020 AI B c3=3'5754 '1" 1000 1 0204 00 3 C'1=2.4269 I I a=. I

'1" =.0000 1.0204 00.3 11 C 4= A ,:10077 1 C..--. CI I002 T;=.O200 1. 0254 35.0

s'1=.0020 Air 6- I I C3=3.5754 I s 2-.2500 All I B.... CI 1 T'2=.1000 1. 0204 60.3 C 5 7022 11 CI-u 4- 56 ,IVFMIO 254 35.6 20 III D- I T4=.0300 1. 3052 I 25.4

c'$=5.4002 SI 2 A 01: 8784 m: 500 I s'3=.0020 Air I I -4.7022 I I 3964 m n CII: T M0300 I 1.8052 25.4 C T,I= 050O H204 I ma -2.s784 I 0: 6644 CIII: s 3=.0020 Air I S,I=I0020 Air IV E A3964 T 0500 1 0204 00 a -2.6644 CI s'4=.0020 Air Cii= I claim: A References Cited 1. A five component six element optical objective. made UNITED STATES PATENTS substantially as set forth in the following table:

T BLE I 2,735,340 2/1956 Aklin 350-217 A 3,049,975 8/1962 Tronnier 350 215 Focal Length=1.0000; Relative Aperture=F/1.5 40

Total Field ofView=56 FOREIGN PATENTS Front Vertex Distance (F.V.D.)=1.3724

Back Focal Length (B.F.)=.4834 205,766 10/ 1959 Austria. Stop Position is .1400 after 0 DAVID SCHONBERG, Primary Examiner Corn- Thickness Refractive Abbe ponent Lens Curvature or Spacing Index, N0 No.,v 40 ALLEN OSTRAGER, Assistant Examiner Ci=1.4870 I I A".-- T1=.1300 1.8028 46.8

s =.0030 Air C =2.5267 B--- T2=.1500 1.8028 46.8 II C4=1.1372

Cs=4.0977 I S:=.2800 Air Ca=-3.4392 III D-.- T4=.0400 1.9176! 21.5

s =.0030 Air (I -.5537 1V E- T5=.1300 1.8028] 46.8

S4=.0030 Air C10=.2944 V F.-." T0=.1100 1.8028 I 46.8 

